My mother-in-law is acting really weird. I think it's for attention because most people who are disoriented or confused don't say they're disoriented and confused

Not baby related, just typical dramatic MIL shit! So she's in the ER right now with my sister-in-law. Apparently the last thing she "remembers" is screaming at my father-in-law about something then she says "I got so confused and disoriented. I don't know who I am. I don't know who (her granddaughter's name) is. I have no memory of (my daughter's name). I don't remember if I fed the dog or what day it is. I can't tell you what I had for supper. I can't even tell time."

My husband said this is very odd and said he would be over to take her to the ER. She said something like "I'll get ready. Can you bring some snacks and drinks? It's always a long wait." So ... You don't have any memory of your granddaughter (yet remember your granddaughter's name) or what you had for supper, yet somehow remember that it's a long wait in the ER? I told my husband that these are all very oddly specific things. We are not buying it!

Apparently they got to the ER and she STILL couldn't remember her name but somehow was able to pull her emergency information off her iPhone. Suspect?! Yes!!!

Also...

1. Suddenly you forgot your name, but you know you have a dog and you know you have to feed it?

2. You don't know who my daughter is, yet you know her name but not your own? You claim not to know who she is and have no memory of her, yet you know her name?

3. You don't remember your grandchild or your name, but you somehow remember your dog and that it was time to feed her? And you can't tell time?

4. You claim not to know how to tell time, but somehow knew that your dog needed to be fed and that your last meal was supper. How did you know that? And how do you forget how to tell time yet somehow remember the above and that time is something you tell?

All the family is calling us for updates and I don't want to sound like an ass. I just told them she's still in the ER. I think she's being an idiot and faking. I don't think this is real at all because it doesn't make sense.

Someone who is confused and forgetting things doesn't tell you what they're forgetting!

What do you think? Suspicious?

Updates Nov 27: she was sent home from the ER. Apparently they did a bunch of tests and there was nothing there. The doctor started just talking with her causally and she started to slip up and that's when the doctor told her that he knew she was making the whole thing up and had now wasted a ton of time and resources and for what? Apparently she had a few slip ups with the things she'd forgotten during their conversation. She repeatedly was able to tell him what she was confused about or forgetting,. Her major slip up was when she said something like "We've already been here an hour" and when she realized she messed up she was all "Oooh I'm getting better!"

My sister-in-law is not impressed because she just drove 2 hours to come deal with this. The doctor told her (my mother-in-law) that there's nothing wrong with her but this is her 16th ER visit this year. And then my mother-in-law was all "Oh everything came back to me in a flood of memories!"

@Jess: she's never had this happen with the confusion, but similar medical emergencies happen all the time with her. As far as I'm concerned, she's an attention seeker. She's been told to knock it off and has been offered mental health help to try and get to the bottom of why she has this need for attention, but she refuses.

Edit: this is something she does for attention and this is not new. We're up there every few weeks dealing with a health crisis because we don't want to call her out on it and be wrong, but she is never actually having a health crisis. She's faked heart attacks, strokes, and appendicitis. Of course we take her seriously but now it's getting ridiculous.

My husband noticed that she does this whenever someone has something happen and the attention is on them. Yesterday was my mom's birthday so of course we were busy with that when she called, and if course my husband had to leave dinner early to deal with his mom.

@Mommaof4: my husband actually has said this for years but we always come running because we would rather be wrong that it's nothing. She did this TWICE. Once when he graduated from high school and again when he graduated from college. Both times it was nothing. She just can't let anyone have their moment. That's why we eloped!